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the benghazi attacks? >> the benghazi attacks, you know, i believe there will be a report coming out tomorrow at the pickering group that will obviously present their view of what to place and where the problems were. my sense is that on that day, that when you look at what place in benghazi, that it is -- as i was these kinds of situations come that there's mix here, but clearly with regards to one of the facilities involved a direct attack on that facility. i think that there's no question that extremists were involved in those attacks and i think that we were able to try to respond as best we could at the time. we have learned a lot and will continue to learn a lot from that incident. i think it's very important progress in an area where people can be exposed to that kind of threat that we be able to respond and respond quick week in order to make sure that doesn't happen again. >> have you seen the benghazi arb and do you support peripherals like vickers for criminal prosecution on basis of leaking cla
the benghazi attacks? >> the benghazi attacks, you know, i believe there will be a report coming out tomorrow at the pickering group that will obviously present their view of what to place and where the problems were. my sense is that on that day, that when you look at what place in benghazi, that it is -- as i was these kinds of situations come that there's mix here, but clearly with regards to one of the facilities involved a direct attack on that facility. i think that there's no...
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consulate in benghazi said he gave three directives. find out who did this so we can bring them to justice. in secretary's letter she states, quote, we continue to hunt terrorists responsible for the attacks in benghazi and determined to bring them to justice. have you determined those responsible for the death of the brave americans and the destruction of the u.s. facilities? >> senator barrasso, just to restate, we are absolutely committed to bring those responsible to justice. we are absolutely committed to bringing every resource to the u.s. government to bear to accomplish that. we are pursuing this through a number of different channels. some of which can be discussed in other settings, but as you know, the fbi is leading the investigation, the state department is actively supporting this. i've been in libya to talk to the libyan leadership to talk about the importance of their cooperation and the investigation. i think we are making some progress. our char on the ground works every day in support of the fbi. i was in tunisia last
consulate in benghazi said he gave three directives. find out who did this so we can bring them to justice. in secretary's letter she states, quote, we continue to hunt terrorists responsible for the attacks in benghazi and determined to bring them to justice. have you determined those responsible for the death of the brave americans and the destruction of the u.s. facilities? >> senator barrasso, just to restate, we are absolutely committed to bring those responsible to justice. we are...
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she says she's concerned that her criticism of her handling of the attack in benghazi would lead to a lengthy and disruptive and costly confirmation process. the president will meet with rice tomorrow at the white house. >>> and speaking of white house meetings, president obama and house speaker john boehner met at the white house for about an hour tonight. an important meeting and we're glad it was an hour. maybe they can get something done on the fiscal cliff. the hope is that they'll have a meeting of the minds on the tax hikes and the automatic spending cuts that are set to strike the united states in the beginning of january. time is running out. the fiscal cliff is 19 days away. and our jessica yellin reports that some in washington believe that a deal has to be done by tomorrow in order to get it through congress before the end of the year. >>> and back here in kabul, afghanistan, where we are taking a look at america's 11-year war, the longest war here in america, where do things stand today? what is the future for afghanistan? one of the main concerns here on the ground is se
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but despite the obama administration claiming benghazi began as a protest -- >> what happened in benghazi was, in fact, initially a spontaneous reaction to what had just transpired hours before in cairo. this was not a pre-planned, pre-meditated attack. >> reporter: a new report definitively says that's not true. "the board concluded that there was no protest prior to the attacks." investigators lay the blame for benghazi on bureaucracy, missed warning signs with, and grossly inadequate security. they interviewed more than 100 people and read through thousands of documents, detailing the desperate attempts to save the u.s. ambassador. as smoke engulfed their safe area, ambassador chris stevens and two others crawled to a bathroom. one of them was a security officer, and he opened a window, trying desperately to get some air. instead, more smoke poured in. they couldn't see, couldn't breathe. so the officer crawled out, blindly, yelling for the others to follow. he slipped through another window and collapsed outside. only then realizing he was alone. within a week of the attack, cnn's arw
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outpost in benghazi just hours after more classified hearings on capitol hill. that attack killed the u.s. ambassador to libya, chris stevens and three other americans. now the state department is sending lawmakers a report on its benghazi information and catherine herridge has that. >> sources tell fox news the classified report arrived on capitol hill late today in advance of tomorrow's closed classified hearings for two congressional committees. whale aides to secretary clinton says she's drafting a letter in response to the findings. at the briefing today, the state department tried to explain why clinton is not testifying this week about you benghazi terrorist attack which killed those four americans, including her ambassador. department officials field more questions on whether the secretary who is well-known and respected for her work ethic, was dodging uncomfortable testimony. >> completely untrue. we've been very clear from the beginning that she had a stomach virus, ugly stomach virus. she got very dehydrated. she fainted, was later discovered she had
outpost in benghazi just hours after more classified hearings on capitol hill. that attack killed the u.s. ambassador to libya, chris stevens and three other americans. now the state department is sending lawmakers a report on its benghazi information and catherine herridge has that. >> sources tell fox news the classified report arrived on capitol hill late today in advance of tomorrow's closed classified hearings for two congressional committees. whale aides to secretary clinton says...
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i look at benghazi and answers questions about the talking points, but the bigger policy deployed when he set up is how do we influence the next faith? ambassador chris stevens who is killed to honor his memory. redeemer people speaking arabic to understand the types of different political forces we could work with and as we actually need to kill. right now the washington debate isn't about that. it's a little intellectual, narrow in focus, getting the facts straight is important. but were not well poised on egypt and other countries in the region and collectively to have the role in shaping it. >> felix must thought from daily paper. >> thank you, gentlemen. and they said very much enjoy the cultural debate. i hesitantly stepped into the family feud. if i can make two very quick points. what i thought was missing, especially deadly to your firm broth and brett perhaps is this path leads us down a road that would not be to democracy. but what is the alternative path? research to try to run a dictatorship and aligning the united states the tyranny of the region and that didn't work. i l
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, machine guns, all that sort of stuff and better defended than the american diplomatic compound in benghazi but it turned out not to be necessary. i didn't spend that much time because i did a lot of imbedded reporting but i passed through and they shifted to a different location. they maintain a bureau there with armored cars, full time iraqi staff, it was a fairly expensive endeavor for the newspaper. >> host: is life for any americans still in iraq still glass walls and armored cars? >> guest: it has improved. i was there not last summer but the summer before to see prime minister maliki and i went around in the streets with all iraqis, walked around, went to a demonstration, went to a store. i wouldn't linger in the more contested neighborhoods. if you went into solder city would make sure you have security. is better than it was, a million times better than in 2006-2007 and from the military perspective the surge did drive down the level of violence. it made it possible for american forces to leave but there are a lot of very unsettled political issues including a worrisome trend towar
, machine guns, all that sort of stuff and better defended than the american diplomatic compound in benghazi but it turned out not to be necessary. i didn't spend that much time because i did a lot of imbedded reporting but i passed through and they shifted to a different location. they maintain a bureau there with armored cars, full time iraqi staff, it was a fairly expensive endeavor for the newspaper. >> host: is life for any americans still in iraq still glass walls and armored cars?...
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my sense is that on that day, when you look at what took place in benghazi, that it is -- as always with these kinds of situations, there is a mix here. but clearly with regards to one of the facilities involved a direct attack on the facility. i think that there is no question that extremists were involved in those attacks. i think we were able to try to respond as best we could at the time. we have learned a lot and will continue to learn a lot from that incident. i think it is very important for us. an area where we can respond and respond quickly to make sure that does not happen again. >> have you seen the benghazi arb and the use support the referral of mike vickers? and leaking info to "zero dark thirty" producers? >> i will not comment on that at this time. what was the other question? no, i have not. >> one of the proposed cutbacks west to do away with the service secretary. is this being given serious consideration and if not, why not? >> we obviously continue to look at areas where we can achieve efficiencies at the department of defense. there is no question there is duplicat
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and i also, anderson, don't think it's just about benghazi. that was an issue, of course. but in this case there are a number of senators on both sides of the aisle who believe that the united states has some tough work ahead in international relations. you know, someone has got to go and negotiate with the iranians to make sure we don't get into a conflict over there. and someone with the kind of toughness and authority of a jim baker. and frankly there was a sense about susan rice that even though she is very talented and i think she did a generous thing today by withdrawing, she really was loyal to her president by doing that. but there was also a sense that she didn't have the weight, she didn't have the background that senator kerry does. he is extremely schooled and knows the rough parts of the world. and there was a sense in the senate, you know, that people there would just be more comfortable with him representing the united states. >> david, what do you think this says about president obama himself? it certainly seemed line, especially in the last month or so, th
and i also, anderson, don't think it's just about benghazi. that was an issue, of course. but in this case there are a number of senators on both sides of the aisle who believe that the united states has some tough work ahead in international relations. you know, someone has got to go and negotiate with the iranians to make sure we don't get into a conflict over there. and someone with the kind of toughness and authority of a jim baker. and frankly there was a sense about susan rice that even...
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consulate in benghazi libya. secretary of state clinton was supposed fob in the hot seat there, but two deputies are answering to congress instead. this is earlier. senate foreign relations hearing. questioning has moved over to the house. the hearings are following an independent report that blame the state department for what they called systemic failures and leadership and management deficiencies regarding embassy security. elise is in washington. what have we learned so far during this senate session? >> suzanne, there were tough questions, but basically the only thing tom nydes and bill burns can do is be sufficiently contri contrite, take their medicine and say, listen, we know there were a lot of mistakes made and we have to do better and implementation those recommendations of this independent panel. so that's basically what we learned, is that the state department is taking it this very seriously and is ready to do whatever it can. i don't think we learned anything new from the hearings, though. >> we kn
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but the attack on our facility in benghazi and extreme violence elsewhere in the region began to change that. these governments increasingly showed the political will to tackle the terrorist threat. in many cases they lack the resources and expertise to handle the complex and difficult challenge. this is a you teak opportunity for the international community to help build the capacity of the nations which are eager and willing to take on terrorism. this task comes with great urgency. we must creases it now before the threat which is proving durable becomes more serious. some of the governments have doubts about u.s. counterterrorism objectives. some seek to implicate us by repressive acts by former regime security services. we have to work through the ideas and in fact question agree with the new governments that are reroute of the predecessors regimes. it's not what we seek, nor what is needed. on the contrary, there are numerous factors to the phenomena of radicalization repressive measures by security services were surely among the most potent. the goal of our counterterrorism assist
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it has a lot to say about what went wrong in benghazi. the tere owe attack back on september 11th left four americans dead, and it says the state department messed up big time. we'll go in depth on that. plus the president just about to announce the steps he'll take to crackdown on violence in the wake of the connecticut massacre, chris wallace weighs in. and new details in a sold case from 1959 that we've been following, the bodies of the two killers profiled in the "in cold blood" book are being exhumed. what might the dna tell us? coming up on "happening now." bill: we'll see you then. a beauty queen accused the miss u.s.a. pageant of being rigged. donald trump sued the former beauty queen and the judge weighs n. and why this woman is being called a grinch. >> she will have one heck after christmas set up if she's been taking from everybody. [ man ] ring ring... progresso this reduced sodium soup says it mahelp lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just he to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those
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>> hillary clinton heads to capitol hill next week to testify about the benghazi terror attack armed with poll numbers that make her the envy of the political world. does that mean she'll run four years from now? listen to her response to barbara walters. >> what would it take to convince you to run in -- >> that's all hypothetical because right now i have no intention of running. sfoo right now at least. and a might of 1,000 rock stars in new york city. the boss, paul mccartney, bon jovi, billy joel, alicia keys, among others, all coming together to raise money for hurricane sandy victims. keep fans rocking well past midnight. ♪ ♪ who says you can't go home there's only one place they call you one of their own a hometown boy born a rolling stone ♪ >> and a late night for those of you watching at home. good day. i'm andrea mitchell live many washington. we're another step closer to the cliff, but still far from a deal. our nbc news-wall street journal poll shows that both sides of the aisle are going to catch a lot of heat if there isn't a compromise. joining me now for our dai
>> hillary clinton heads to capitol hill next week to testify about the benghazi terror attack armed with poll numbers that make her the envy of the political world. does that mean she'll run four years from now? listen to her response to barbara walters. >> what would it take to convince you to run in -- >> that's all hypothetical because right now i have no intention of running. sfoo right now at least. and a might of 1,000 rock stars in new york city. the boss, paul...
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in the benghazi attacks. we hope to learn more about it in the coming days. >> have fbi agents been able to get access to this guy? >> no, they're still trying to do that. they have had trouble getting access to others in other countries. there is always difficulty in helping out the united states in many of these investigations because of the impression it might leave with some of the countries over there. but they have been working on it and continue to do it. i am sure a lot of pressure will be brought to bear. >> appreciate your reporting, susan candiotti. >>> and egypt's president, learning how difficult democracy is. thousands took to the streets after the decree that was issued giving him more powers. now that could be changed. and restores calm to egypt. reza sayah. >> reporter: well, right now, the top political figures, in egypt, holding a press conference after important meetings in the presidential palace. and we'll see if there is a sort of breakthrough on this impasse. but for the second day in
in the benghazi attacks. we hope to learn more about it in the coming days. >> have fbi agents been able to get access to this guy? >> no, they're still trying to do that. they have had trouble getting access to others in other countries. there is always difficulty in helping out the united states in many of these investigations because of the impression it might leave with some of the countries over there. but they have been working on it and continue to do it. i am sure a lot of...
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among those who do know her, only 20% view her positively, 20% negatively, for now benghazi has taken a back seat to syria, where the syria military is now firing scud missiles at rebel forces in the north, almost thumbing its nose a little bit at the world community here. jim joins me now. it's as if essentially they've seen the line the world is drawing when it comes to chemical weapons and feel they can do almost anything else. >> u.s. officials said this is a clear sign the assad regime in damascus is becoming ever more desperate. this is the first time in a two-year war that the syrian military has used these scud missiles against the rebels. they fired six to eight of them into the north, presumably at rebel strongholds. at least two of them, there are reports, fell in neighborhoods. there are other signs that would make it appear anyway that the assad regime is in its final days. even the russians are saying publicly that they're growing more pessimistic that they could actually survive. and if they're saying that publicly, the russians have to be putting that into assad's ear.
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troops to benghazi to stop the 9/11 attacks. americans are divided over the administration's handling with the attack with a slim majority believing that it coast amount to a cover up. alisyn: will congress tullahoma lee get to see the complete report? >> reporter: that is an important question. a review of the regulations by fox news and the regulations that govern the state department apartment internal investigation known as the accountability review board or arb does not suggest there is a specific requirement for the entire report to be given to congress, just as secretary clinton must provide her written comment to congress within 90 days of the report's completion. listen closely to this exchange yesterday. >> we'll get you the statute if you'd like. is that the secretary's response to the arb's conclusions has to go in writing to the congress within 90 days of her receiving the report. she objec obviously will intend to consult with them earlier than that as she's commit. >> reporter: if you listen closely to that respon
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overstated the defeat of al qaida i think there's still an al qaeda threat i think we saw this obviously in benghazi and the horn of instability through northern africa and the question becomes how we deal with it obviously having boots on the ground spies old fashioned spies is critical the question becomes well they be used effectively frankly most leadership other than general clinton correct currently incompetent so if you give a bunch of incompetent people more resources you're still going to have a bunch of incompetent people with a lot of resources but no more effective in their application of their capability nicely put left telling come out of the chef a senior fellow at the washington of a sense of for advance to find studies thanks for being. here having me or i will have a brief this bring it to speed egypt's top judges have now agreed to oversee the referendum on the draft constitution in two weeks time according to the legal aide to president mohamed morsi it follows the standoff with the leaders is that his support. says who perceives the supreme court building you prevented judges fr
overstated the defeat of al qaida i think there's still an al qaeda threat i think we saw this obviously in benghazi and the horn of instability through northern africa and the question becomes how we deal with it obviously having boots on the ground spies old fashioned spies is critical the question becomes well they be used effectively frankly most leadership other than general clinton correct currently incompetent so if you give a bunch of incompetent people more resources you're still going...
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what is going on, there is a need for benghazi politics. there's the president's need to protect other people in his administration who maybe he cares about more. now, the next chapter is this. if the president goes ahead with nominating chuck hagel as secretary of defense, how will senator mccain feel that he's chosen a former republican senate of john mccain who did not support john mccain for the presidency. >> ambassador rice is very smart, tough, she's handled so many tough issues. the israelis north korea, the situation in syria. i mean, africa. >> she could stay on as the u.s. ambassador to the united nations. she doesn't have to go through confirmation like that again. >> they have tried to tarnish her reputation. i knew her father. she's a hardworking and vd good person. >> how would you feel if for some reason, tom donolan moves on to something else and there's rumors he might want to do something else, the president names susan rice as his national security adviser? she doesn't need senate confirmation for that? >> look, i hope h
what is going on, there is a need for benghazi politics. there's the president's need to protect other people in his administration who maybe he cares about more. now, the next chapter is this. if the president goes ahead with nominating chuck hagel as secretary of defense, how will senator mccain feel that he's chosen a former republican senate of john mccain who did not support john mccain for the presidency. >> ambassador rice is very smart, tough, she's handled so many tough issues....
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state hillary clinton is expected on capitol hill in exactly one week to testify about a report on benghazi and what went wrong there. it comes as her approval rating hits an all-time high but will she make another run for the white house? >> i really don't believe that that's something i will do again. what i want to do is just kick back. >>> and you can join our conversation on twitter. you can find us and kicking back at @news nation. today, secretar hillary clinton will be on capitol hill to testify about a state department report on the lady attack in benghazi. officials tell nbc news the report is expected to be highly critical of the state department's security decisions ahead of the attack and the testimony comes at time when secretary clinton's popularity is through the roof. 58% positive rating. our new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. despite calls to run for president, pleas in some cases, secretary clinton would not commit in a brand-new interview. >> i really don't believe that that's something i will do again f. >> you know your husband wants to you in 2016 what do you sa
state hillary clinton is expected on capitol hill in exactly one week to testify about a report on benghazi and what went wrong there. it comes as her approval rating hits an all-time high but will she make another run for the white house? >> i really don't believe that that's something i will do again. what i want to do is just kick back. >>> and you can join our conversation on twitter. you can find us and kicking back at @news nation. today, secretar hillary clinton will be on...
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we watched al-qaeda elements able to destroy our or damage severely our consulate in benghazi and kill four brave americans. the message has to be sent that the united states is engaged, reeled disability claims to be involved, and the united states is ready to do whatever is necessary to prevent and act that could endanger or take the lives of literally thousands and thousands of innocent people. senator lieberman. >> thanks, john. we've obviously reached a grave moment in the war that's raged in syria now for more than 20 months, and it's grave for the obvious effect that we believe the outside government has weaponnized the chemical and bilogical agents and put them in a position where they can be used fairly rapidly. this, as you look back over the 20 months of the conflict, this follows a series of events, one leading to the other which people said could not happen, and this began, remember, with peaceful demonstrations, and when assad was unable to control them or suppress them, he began to fire on his own people, and they began to defend themselves in a very unfair fight, one ma
we watched al-qaeda elements able to destroy our or damage severely our consulate in benghazi and kill four brave americans. the message has to be sent that the united states is engaged, reeled disability claims to be involved, and the united states is ready to do whatever is necessary to prevent and act that could endanger or take the lives of literally thousands and thousands of innocent people. senator lieberman. >> thanks, john. we've obviously reached a grave moment in the war that's...
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consulate in benghazi, libya a terrorist action. in her letter, rice wrote, "the position of secretary of state should never be politicized. i'm saddened that we have reached this point." in u.s. economic news, the number of americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell sharply last week to its second- lowest level this year. and retail sales rebounded in november, rising 0.3% but that seemingly good news did little to help stocks on wall street today. the dow jones industrial average lost almost 75 points to close at just under 13,171. the nasdaq fell more than 21 points to close at 2,992. the european union came a step closer to a full-fledged banking union today. after an all-night meeting in brussels, e.u. finance ministers agreed to give the european central bank oversight of eurozone banks, as well as banks in other e.u. countries that choose to opt-in. the european commissioner for economic and monetary affairs said the agreement was an important step forward for europe. >> last night's decision on the single supervis
consulate in benghazi, libya a terrorist action. in her letter, rice wrote, "the position of secretary of state should never be politicized. i'm saddened that we have reached this point." in u.s. economic news, the number of americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell sharply last week to its second- lowest level this year. and retail sales rebounded in november, rising 0.3% but that seemingly good news did little to help stocks on wall street today. the dow jones industrial...
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mission in benghazi, it killed four americans, including u.s. ambassador to libya, chris stevens. >>> celebrations breaking out in pyongyang or staged, unclear. toasting with beer mugs and dancing on sidewalks after the first successful satellite launch into space, even though the u.s. says that the north koreans might not have control of that in the moment. kim jung un got into the act. this photo of the launch, as leaders call for punishment, insisting that north koreans have moved a...
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consulate in benghazi, libya. that got delayed because of her concussion illness, first told food poisoning and concussion and now the associated press reporting secretary of state hillary clinton has been admitted to the hospital with a blood clot following her recent illness. as we learn more details and firm this up for ourselves here at fox news, via our journalists, we will bring you the update. a lot of happening on this hour of fox report. we'll move on now with what is planned. the final weekend of the nfl season and it did not disappoint. peter slegr of fox sports.com is here. and adrian peterson had a huge night, this is a typical rivalry. a state thing, green bay and minnesota. >> and a playoff on the lines for the vikings, they win on a last second field goal by the rookie walsh. and they'll play in the wild card round, the game of the year in the nfl and anybody watching could attest to that, a fantastically played football team and winner of the cowboys and redskins will play seahawks. and afc, texan
consulate in benghazi, libya. that got delayed because of her concussion illness, first told food poisoning and concussion and now the associated press reporting secretary of state hillary clinton has been admitted to the hospital with a blood clot following her recent illness. as we learn more details and firm this up for ourselves here at fox news, via our journalists, we will bring you the update. a lot of happening on this hour of fox report. we'll move on now with what is planned. the...
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lawmakers are upset over rice's explanation on the coordinated terrorist attack on the consulate in benghazi libya. the assault killed ambassador christopher stevens and three others. >> we did not have information at present that leads us to c n conclude this was premeditated or preplanned. >> reporter: arizona not john mccain led the charge saying rice and mislead the nation. >> it is clear the information she gave was incorrect. >> while the president never nominated rice to replace the outgoing hillary clinton as secretary of state, she was clearly his top pick. he even lashed out at his gop opponent suggesting they were in for a bigger fight. >> when they go after the u.n. ambassador apparent lay because they think she's an easy target, then they've got a problem with me. >> but in the end the gop hit their target. rice bowed out and the president accepted it. speculation on who he will nominate now focuses on massachusetts senator john kerr where who heads the senate foreign relations committee. tara mergener for cbs news, the white house. >>> after she withdrew her name, rice tweeted,
lawmakers are upset over rice's explanation on the coordinated terrorist attack on the consulate in benghazi libya. the assault killed ambassador christopher stevens and three others. >> we did not have information at present that leads us to c n conclude this was premeditated or preplanned. >> reporter: arizona not john mccain led the charge saying rice and mislead the nation. >> it is clear the information she gave was incorrect. >> while the president never nominated...
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benghazi scandal would be on the front page. i think it will die now in the main stream media. they have no interest in the story. i think he would rather have had her and he had yielded . her consolation will be he will make her national advisor and that does not require the asset -- ascent of the senate. >> steve: when you look at her record on syria and africa, it was not good. maureen dowd said rice is too automaticbitious and unprincipled. dana milbank said her attitude was a problem . hillary clinton begin the choice between john kerry and susan rice. said i would rather have john kerry. he can talk for hours and not say anything and speaks french. >> gretchen: i was doing studio b . and he was probably uncorking the champagne. there is supposedly a report on benghazi coming out. usually they make the announcements on friday. could it be the report is coming out today as the friday release or sometime soon? will that mean hillary clinton will not testify on december 20th if she wants to run for president, and moderate repu
benghazi scandal would be on the front page. i think it will die now in the main stream media. they have no interest in the story. i think he would rather have had her and he had yielded . her consolation will be he will make her national advisor and that does not require the asset -- ascent of the senate. >> steve: when you look at her record on syria and africa, it was not good. maureen dowd said rice is too automaticbitious and unprincipled. dana milbank said her attitude was a problem...
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mission in benghazi, live thursday at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> remarks from defense secretary leon panetta at the national press club. secretary panetta talked about the federal budget, defense cuts and the security situation in afghanistan. he visited afghanistan last week. this is an hour. >> good afternoon. welcome to the national press club. my name is theresa warner and i am the 100 president of the national press club. -- the 105th president of the national press club. we are committed to our professions future to our programming and events such as this while fostering a free press worldwide. for more information about the national press club, visit www. press.org. to donate our programs offered to the public through our national press club journal them and to do, visit press.org/institute. on behalf of our members worldwide, i would like to welcome our speakers and those of you attending. our head table includes guest of our speaker as well as working journalists who are club members. if you hear applause in our audi
mission in benghazi, live thursday at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> remarks from defense secretary leon panetta at the national press club. secretary panetta talked about the federal budget, defense cuts and the security situation in afghanistan. he visited afghanistan last week. this is an hour. >> good afternoon. welcome to the national press club. my name is theresa warner and i am the 100 president of the national press club. -- the 105th president of the national press club....
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. >> about benghazi. >> about benghazi. susan rice didn't have a strong well of democratic support behind her anyway. she had been ruled to not be the most diplomatic person in what would be the leading diplomatic post of the united states. >> she had one very important supporter for that post, the president of the united states. >> is this the president showing weakness? as some people suggested? the president put into a corner by republicans who started immediately saying they wouldn't support her as secretary of state. >> the president is trying to pick the fights he can win. have yyou have to look at what happen with the fiscal cliff debate. the president has to choose where does he have to go on the mat? the fiscal cliff, issue of taxes. or two fights, one on susan rice? >> i think what would happen, the president decided she was probably not the best person to be secretary of state for the country, and for our diplomatic initiatives. she served extremely well at the u.n. and she is a terrific diplom
. >> about benghazi. >> about benghazi. susan rice didn't have a strong well of democratic support behind her anyway. she had been ruled to not be the most diplomatic person in what would be the leading diplomatic post of the united states. >> she had one very important supporter for that post, the president of the united states. >> is this the president showing weakness? as some people suggested? the president put into a corner by republicans who started immediately...
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consulate in benghazi. he will also look at the report this week on how the state department handled the matter. "newsmakers," sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c- span. >> when i first came to washington in 1968 as a staff member to a democrat, chairman of the rules committee, one of the things they would do on thursday nights is played jim running -- played gin rummy in the capital. my job was to pour the scotch. there was a camaraderie. john has made the point many times that if you have dinner with somebody and our friends with somebody, if you go out with their families, you're much less inclined to try to cut your throat politically. >> than jack kemp became the ranking member. we still have meals together and talk football. even though we disagree significantly on almost everything, we learn to like each other. he was not evil. i was not evil. the problem is that now you have people thinking the guy on the other side is pure evil and my job is to blow them up. >> a look of how a lack of c
consulate in benghazi. he will also look at the report this week on how the state department handled the matter. "newsmakers," sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c- span. >> when i first came to washington in 1968 as a staff member to a democrat, chairman of the rules committee, one of the things they would do on thursday nights is played jim running -- played gin rummy in the capital. my job was to pour the scotch. there was a camaraderie. john has made the point...
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then after he got out of that one he starts talking about benghazi and all this other stuff and lost that one argument. could he have won if he said, i'm the guy you need for this job. >> part, you need to go back and show why the policies were going to work. for example, if you take a look at 2003 bush tax cuts, by 2007, $800 billion more revenue had come in and the deficit was cut from $370 billion to $260 billion. did you hear him say that? that's what he needed to do, full-throated defense of republican policies that bush implemented but also he could have used to show why his policies would work. ultimately when you make it a referendum, you take the arguments off the table. >> do you buy that he should have defended all the republican policies of bush and his own? >> no, because those policies got us in trouble in 2008 in a great many ways. bush inherited a surplus and left with a massive deficit. didn't monitor the financial system and so on. the most important point is david's right about, which is there's no such thing as a presidential referendum election. i've covered ten
then after he got out of that one he starts talking about benghazi and all this other stuff and lost that one argument. could he have won if he said, i'm the guy you need for this job. >> part, you need to go back and show why the policies were going to work. for example, if you take a look at 2003 bush tax cuts, by 2007, $800 billion more revenue had come in and the deficit was cut from $370 billion to $260 billion. did you hear him say that? that's what he needed to do, full-throated...
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consulate for the deadly attack in benghazi. senator john kerry seems to praise her response. >> the report makes 29 recommendations in total, five of which are classified. secretary clinton has embraced every single one of them. i think the secretary's swift action underscores how determined she is to apply the lessons of benghazi. >> joining us now is our chief correspondent and anchor of "the state of the union," candy crowley. do you think she's going to be tarnished because of this benghazi report? >> we do. we know he she is going to test in january. that independent review was scathing. it didn't mention names but it talked about the lack of leadership on a bunch of issues at the state department. well, who's the leader at the state department? it certainly is not good for her reputation. certainly i think it can't help but tarnish it a bit. >> and she's ill. that's why she didn't appear herself. >> right. >> she has a severe case of the flu. she fainted, suffered a concussion. hopefully she'll be back and testify sometim
consulate for the deadly attack in benghazi. senator john kerry seems to praise her response. >> the report makes 29 recommendations in total, five of which are classified. secretary clinton has embraced every single one of them. i think the secretary's swift action underscores how determined she is to apply the lessons of benghazi. >> joining us now is our chief correspondent and anchor of "the state of the union," candy crowley. do you think she's going to be tarnished...
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communication failures in the fort hood terrorism case, and our current scrutiny of the attacks in benghazi, joe lieberman has always put country first. his actions are guided by deeply held principles and aimed toward progress. he has demonstrated his willingness time and again to risk his political career to do what he believes is right for america. joe brings the same dedication to everything he does. working with him on the armed services committee, i know firsthand how devoted he is to our men and women in uniform, and the deep respect he has for their service and their sacrifice. his leadership in bringing about the repeal of the discriminatory don't ask, don't tell law was nothing short of extraordinary, and it gives me great personal pride to have assisted him in achieving that important victory for justice. and it was vintage joe lieberman. he did what was right. he never gave up. and he got the job done. throughout his many years of dedicated service, joe has demonstrated the kind of character that america needs and that the american people deserve. it is not by coincidence that t
communication failures in the fort hood terrorism case, and our current scrutiny of the attacks in benghazi, joe lieberman has always put country first. his actions are guided by deeply held principles and aimed toward progress. he has demonstrated his willingness time and again to risk his political career to do what he believes is right for america. joe brings the same dedication to everything he does. working with him on the armed services committee, i know firsthand how devoted he is to our...
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we've watched al qaeda elements able it to destroy our -- or damage severely our consulate in benghazi and kill four brave americans. the message has to be sent that the united states is engaged. that the united states is ready to be involved, and the united states is ready to do whatever is necessary to prevent an act that could endanger or take the lives of literally thousands and thousands of innocent people. >> senator mccain obviously blending in every issue he can possibly put on the list there. but in reality i think that sound clip points to the difficulty the president will have on any decision that comes out of this. he's going to have opposition or second-guessing from john mccain and his supporters, but what are the options if, in fact, syria makes this move? >> i think that option number one is to let russia try to do something. it's really the only country left that has a significant amount of influence when it comes to assad and assad in terms of political maneuvering. so clinton met with the foreign minister of russia, and that's our greatest hope right now. is russia c
we've watched al qaeda elements able it to destroy our -- or damage severely our consulate in benghazi and kill four brave americans. the message has to be sent that the united states is engaged. that the united states is ready to be involved, and the united states is ready to do whatever is necessary to prevent an act that could endanger or take the lives of literally thousands and thousands of innocent people. >> senator mccain obviously blending in every issue he can possibly put on...
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waiting for her front and center are a bunch of lawmakers who got a bunch of questions over the benghazi terror attacks. what do we expect to hear from secretary clinton. joining us is k.t. mcfarland, one takes her at her word when she and spokesperson says she is ill. she has certainly managed to dodge a lot of this event since september 11th. >> yeah, she said she would take full responsibility but she has avoided taking any blame. one thing i think with the hearings, this will probably be the last opportunity as they lawmakers will have to question her as secretary of state. i hope instead of looking back and saying, what did you know, why didn't you talk about the video, i hope instead they focus forward which is why have you not responded. why haven't the responded after these attacks. we know that ten years ago, in the late 1989 and embassies were bombed, 2000, u.s.s. cole was bombed, we beefed up security and changed the rules of engagement but we never went after al-qaeda. what happened as a result, bin laden said, let's go get them again. my concern and i hope these lawmakers an
waiting for her front and center are a bunch of lawmakers who got a bunch of questions over the benghazi terror attacks. what do we expect to hear from secretary clinton. joining us is k.t. mcfarland, one takes her at her word when she and spokesperson says she is ill. she has certainly managed to dodge a lot of this event since september 11th. >> yeah, she said she would take full responsibility but she has avoided taking any blame. one thing i think with the hearings, this will probably...
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and that the benghazi investigation is still looming. she is going to be testifying that that could somehow have a boomerang effect against her popularity. there is lots of things that could happen in the next four years but you sound pretty certain? >> there are plenty of things and secretary clinton on benghazi has accepted responsibility. i think she has been forthright. of course plenty of things can happen in four years but bottom line she has been popular for a long time. her popularity only increased during her very successful tenure as secretary of state and i have every reason to believe she will be as popular if not more popular two years from now. alisyn: all right. you heard it here first. doug schoen. >> absolutely. thank you. alisyn: kids may be downloading a whole lot more than they bargained for. why apps could be spying on your kids. who is behind that and what can be done to stop it? >>. >> then the items in one christmas catalog using very colorful language, making them more naughty than nice. causing an uproar. we're
and that the benghazi investigation is still looming. she is going to be testifying that that could somehow have a boomerang effect against her popularity. there is lots of things that could happen in the next four years but you sound pretty certain? >> there are plenty of things and secretary clinton on benghazi has accepted responsibility. i think she has been forthright. of course plenty of things can happen in four years but bottom line she has been popular for a long time. her...
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do we have any evidence that al qaeda was responsible for the attack in benghazi? >> aqim played a role, the discussions are under way about how aqim members interacted with others and those are questions better left to a closed session. >> we'll try to arrange that at an appropriate period of time. on that same point you acknowledge that u.s.africa command is coordinating with ecowas on planning for an intervention in the north. i guess that should be said, a potential intervention in the north. is that correct? >> it's correct to say that the intervention is not planning phases at this point. the intervention would be led by the maliian armed forces with support from the international military force. there is no construct or intention of having a u.s. boots on the ground type of support to that intervention but at this point we're providing planning support exclusively and we'll look at opportunities to provide support to those partners with whom we can engage. >> your statement said the mission will have kuhl objectives of establishing maliian sovereignty and co
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benghazi. people were talking why didn't they react to benghazi? because there was no marine expedition in the area. that will become commonplace with sequester. one more carrier battle group won't be deployed. international missile defense for america won't happen. modernization of american nuclear weapons isn't going to happen. all those things that protect americans from the worst outcomes from people like the iranians and north koreans aren't going to happen and our ability to deter war with people like the chinese will diminish. that's what's coming. >> brian: army smaller than 1940, ships are at 230. while the chinese are building up at a sickening rate. on top of that, no more technology like laser technology to knock down missiles, keeping us safe from rogue regime. >> one of the reasons we're now turning to contractors, we have almost as many contractors in afghanistan as we do military personnel. that's why i wrote this book. that's what this is about. what happens when you gut america's military and you have no ability to do anything out
benghazi. people were talking why didn't they react to benghazi? because there was no marine expedition in the area. that will become commonplace with sequester. one more carrier battle group won't be deployed. international missile defense for america won't happen. modernization of american nuclear weapons isn't going to happen. all those things that protect americans from the worst outcomes from people like the iranians and north koreans aren't going to happen and our ability to deter war...
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knew for years about the benghazi extremism." front page of "the new york times" has this story, "mortgage crisis brings a new reckoning to banks. in the worst case for the industry, the bill is near $300 billion." this is from the money section of "usa today." "future possible, the federal reserve is expected to take another step tuesday to stimulate the lackluster recovery with more treasury bonds to push down long-term interest rates bahut -- interest rates. host: also sticking with housing, from "the wall street journal" this morning, "high earners dropping scrutiny." "hundreds of senior managers that earned more than $200,000 last year -- host: charleston, west virginia, democratic caller. what are you willing to sacrifice? caller: i would not mind paying a little extra in taxes if i thought it was really going to help. one thing that people have to remember, the current tax burden on the american public right now is the lowest it has been since 1959. that is the year i was born. one friend of mine who makes over $250,000 pe
knew for years about the benghazi extremism." front page of "the new york times" has this story, "mortgage crisis brings a new reckoning to banks. in the worst case for the industry, the bill is near $300 billion." this is from the money section of "usa today." "future possible, the federal reserve is expected to take another step tuesday to stimulate the lackluster recovery with more treasury bonds to push down long-term interest rates bahut -- interest...